Life expectancy at birth in Namibia is projected at 69.3 years in 2037: 73.3 for women and 65.2 for men, a gap of 8.1 years. 25,046 people are projected to die; 41.7% of them would be 65 or older and 9.7% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2037

Life expectancy at birth

69.3

Women

73.3

Men

65.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

29.3

Deaths

25,046

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

272

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

148

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2037's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2037

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	18.17	26.34	73.3	65.2
1-4	1.66	2.16	73.6	65.9
5-9	0.51	0.75	70.1	62.5
10-14	0.41	0.66	65.3	57.7
15-19	0.66	1.31	60.4	52.9
20-24	0.93	2.12	55.6	48.2
25-29	1.22	2.76	50.9	43.7
30-34	1.63	3.65	46.2	39.3
35-39	2.29	5.03	41.5	34.9
40-44	3.25	6.88	37.0	30.8
45-49	4.70	9.56	32.5	26.7
50-54	6.98	13.40	28.2	22.9
55-59	10.25	18.58	24.1	19.3
60-64	15.97	27.01	20.3	16.0
65-69	24.13	39.03	16.8	12.9
70-74	35.56	58.43	13.6	10.1
75-79	52.25	89.64	10.7	7.8
80-84	80.77	138.03	8.2	5.8
85-89	129.59	206.67	6.1	4.3
90-94	194.63	293.06	4.5	3.2
95-99	281.02	399.32	3.3	2.4
100+	398.71	529.55	2.5	1.9

Mortality in Namibia by year

Mortality in Namibia, 2037

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